Combined eraser and pen-extractor.



P. H. LAMQREUX. COMBINED ERASER AND PEN EXTRAGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1911.

994,759, Patented June 13, 1911.

fimklilanwreaz s cm, wqulmurou n c FRANK H. LAMOREUX, OF SMI'II-ISHIRE, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED ERASER AND PEN-EXTRACTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J 11119 13, 1911.

Application filed January 28, 1911. Serial No. 605,304.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. LAMonnUx, a citizen of the United States, residing at Smithshire, in the county of Warren and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Erasers and Pen-Extractors, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a combined eraser and pen extractor.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character in which pen points may be readily and easily extracted from holders, without requiring a person fingering the pen point for this purpose, and also that will enable erasuresto be made in a ready and convenient manner.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character in which the handle portion for the pen extractor is composed of an elastic body forming an eraser, thereby providing a handy instrument for use either as an eraser or pen point extractor.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective View of a device constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the pen extractor removed from the eraser. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the device. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4- l of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the device comprises an oblong elastic body 5, preferably constructed from rubber, having a tapering pointed end 6 forming the erasing end of the body, the opposite end thereof being provided with spaced longitudinally disposed sockets 7, the same arranged in parallelism with each other, and in which is fitted the pen extractor, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

The pen extractor comprises a pair of resilient or spring jaws 8, each formed from a single strip of metal, the said jaws being connected together intermediate their ends by soldering, as at 7, and are arranged in normal forwardly diverging relation to each other. These jaws at one end are bifurcated to form spaced parallel extension tines 10, the tines of one jaw being in alinement with the tines of the other jaw, and are corrugated or roughened, as at 11, the said tines 10 being driven or otherwise forced into the sockets 7 in the body 5 for the connecting of the extractor thereto. The opposite ends of the jaws 8 are inturned to provide a single nib 12 on one jaw and a pair of spaced nibs 13 on the opposite jaw, the space between the latter being rounded to form a notchla correspondingly shaped to the single nib 12 and is adapted to re ceive the same on the closing of the jaws 8, whereby a pen point may be conveniently gripped by the jaws for the extracting of the said point from a pen holder. It is evident that the extractor is in the form of finger tweezers, whereby on depressing the jaws 8 together, the nibs at the outer free ends thereof will securely grip the pen point for its extraction from the holder, the elastic body being capable for use as an ordinary ink or pencil'mark eraser.

What is claimed is:

The combination with an elastic body having spaced sockets in one end, of an extractor comprising a pair of compressible jaws connected together and having parallel extension tines fitted in the sockets in the body, and inturned nibs formed on the jaws for gripping a pen point.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK I-I. LAMOREUX.

Witnesses:

M. S. YAHO, VICTORIA BOYD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 1 

